Life with the Forty-Ninth Massachuseets1864 |
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... fight before Rich- mond , we get a clearer view thereof , and are compelled to call it a fearful reverse . True , there were splendid ex- hibitions of Northern valor , and that is all we have gained . Had we so entirely forgotten our ...
... fight before Rich- mond , we get a clearer view thereof , and are compelled to call it a fearful reverse . True , there were splendid ex- hibitions of Northern valor , and that is all we have gained . Had we so entirely forgotten our ...
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... fight with an intense enthusiasm , if they believe that the end of this war will find our flag , stripes all hidden by stars , waving over never a master or a slave ; but he who takes a fuller view of the dealings of Providence with ...
... fight with an intense enthusiasm , if they believe that the end of this war will find our flag , stripes all hidden by stars , waving over never a master or a slave ; but he who takes a fuller view of the dealings of Providence with ...
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... fighting ; the time may come when , with large bounties in our hands , we may beg him to join our ranks . Too numerous ever to be re- moved - God will give them the opportunity to secure our respect and their rights . With no nationalty ...
... fighting ; the time may come when , with large bounties in our hands , we may beg him to join our ranks . Too numerous ever to be re- moved - God will give them the opportunity to secure our respect and their rights . With no nationalty ...
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... fight no new battle . It is only another phase of the old contest , old as human governments . A truce to this digressing , which , though one of the privi- leges of letter - writers , I will not further avail myself of now . At the ...
... fight no new battle . It is only another phase of the old contest , old as human governments . A truce to this digressing , which , though one of the privi- leges of letter - writers , I will not further avail myself of now . At the ...
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... fighting of Mon- day , distressed by defeat , and the belief that their friends and comrades were dead or prisoners , waited , within sound of the enemy's musketry , expecting every moment the swoop of cavalry , waited for hours , till ...
... fighting of Mon- day , distressed by defeat , and the belief that their friends and comrades were dead or prisoners , waited , within sound of the enemy's musketry , expecting every moment the swoop of cavalry , waited for hours , till ...
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Page 132 - Or injured Constance, bathes my head?" Then, as remembrance rose, — "Speak not to me of shrift or prayer! I must redress her woes. Short...
Page 330 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 256 - tis heard, Not a mere party shout: They gave their spirits out; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow, Whether for weal or woe; Glad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death; Praying, — alas! in vain! — That they might fall again, So they could once more see That burst to liberty! This was what "freedom
Page 41 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
Page 41 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 108 - THE maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dissembles, The while beneath her drooping lash One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles, Though Heaven alone records the tear, And Fame, shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory...
Page 31 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Page 331 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 189 - The sting of death is sin. But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 223 - that men shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks...